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: 0-19 (7-8-55) a ~ Mr. Tolson Mr. Boardman re _.Mr. Nichols . a Mr. Belg a - ae “Mr. Har le Mr/“Mohr ai Mr. Parsons 5 Mr. Rosen ey Mr. Tamm i a Mr. Sizeo | . Mr. W d Macmillan Denies Proof | Tele. Room m1 . _ 2 Mr. Holloman , [Philby Tipped Off Spies’ Mies Gandy ~ ' Foreign Secretary Reports to Commons afd { On ‘Painful’ Burgess and Maclean Case We enol ual ; LONDON, Nov. 7 (4).—The/think they were tipped off by government said today that Har-|somebody and if so I wish we old Philby—former Foreign Of-jcould find the somebody.” ce official named as “third; Philby was first assistant sec-| man” in the Burgess-Maclean jretary in Washington when Bur-| Bpy case— was known to have'lgess and Maclean fled. He was! Communist associations at onelsecurity officer in the Britich time. Embassy there when Burgess Foreign Secretary Harold Mac-|was called home. Mr. Macmillan aren millan added, however, there wasisaid Philby had been a frlend of ' ng evidence to prove Philby/Burgess in their undergraduate tillped off Donald Maclean and/days. Gty' Burgess that they were un-| “It is now known that M de suspicion before ,they fied|Philby had Communist assoct behind the Iron Curtain in May,lates during and after his univer 1951. sity days and he was asked in Giving a report to the House/July, 1951 to resign from the, of Commons in the case described|Foreign Ofiice.” by some British newspapers as a] Philby now lives in the English “major scandal of the 20th cen-jcountryside and is a free-lance tury,” Mr. Macmillan said: writer, “Although the circumstances} The Foreign Secretary em- . are explainable in terms of a[Phasized that despite a “close tipoff, there was not necessarily|investigation” of Philby “no evi- s tipoff. A serious and pro-idence has been found to show tracted investigation into this;he Was responsible for warning possibility has been undertaken|Burgess or Maclean.” \and is proceeding even at the| “I have no reason to conclude ‘present time.” that Mr, Philby has at any time Wash. Post and But Herbert Morrison, who|betrayed the interests of this Times Herald was Foreign Secretary in the|country,” said Mr, Macmillan. Labor government when Bur-|He said he had no reason, either, Wash, News gess and Maclean disappeared, |to believe a British newspaper Wash. Star grumbled: “I am inclined to See SPL Pace A-6 N. Y. Herald a _ Tribune DELS Daily Worker bE = ae MN . * 5 ——e SB Mice dod 1 Bee” ve nee eee BY LeTtt; JUN 22 ors Woes ew on ee PER FOIA JDoriern ee tas a er f ff rEgutsi Rea rr es a3 | Date YE eee me . ore,” . . “LSet estes